"How do I become a neurologist? 'Cuz I'm starting to think I got suckered when I answered that ad in the back of 'Soldier of Fortune' saying I could make big money by selling shipping. Is being a neurologist a multi-level marketing thing like what I'm doing now?"

Aww, come on. Lighten up on the poor guy. There's the "I see patients" answer to that question and there's a more detailed version. Cut him some slack and assume he was asking the latter. Surely, neurologists and say, Ob/Gyns don't do the same thing, even if they both "see patients".

I explain to people that a seizure disorder does not mean that they do not understand.

Fyodor Dostoyevsky had seizures and is one of the greatest writers, ever. You wouldn't want to lend him money to gamble with, but the guy could write.

This guy . . . . Speak slowly. Use small words. Just as if dealing with the same kind of person who does not have a seizure disorder. Or did he take the Depakote for something else, in which case, Never mind. ;-)

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